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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health: Real-time surveillance using Google Trends.
Michael Hoerger ,
Sarah Alonzi ,
Laura M. Perry ,
Hallie M. Voss ,
Sanjana Easwar ,
James I. Gerhart
September 2020
September 2020
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Abstract
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto"
id="d155365e109">In the wake of COVID-19, the capacity to track emerging trends in
mental health symptoms
and needs will guide public health responses at multiple ecological levels. Using
Google Trends to track population-level mental health-related Google searches in the
United States, this investigation identified pandemic-associated spikes in searches
related to anxiety symptoms and remote treatments for anxiety, such as deep breathing
and body scan meditation. As other discernable population-level changes in mental
health have yet to emerge, continued surveillance is warranted. (PsycInfo Database
Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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